Time USA - 06.04.2020

6 Time April 6–13, 2020

Conversation

‘I’m grateful

every day for

being a part of a

movement that

brings us closer

to freedom.’

—PATRISSE C ULLORS, activist and

2013 p ick, o n I nstagram

‘Thanking TIME

magazine for

featuri ng Afghan

Queen Soraya

among the top

one hundred

women who

defined the last

century.’

—HAMID K ARZAI,

form er P resident

of A fghanistan,

about t he 1 927

pick, o n Twitter

‘Well this caught

me by surpri se.’

—ELLEN D EGENERES,

comedian a nd 1 997

pick, o n Twitter

‘I’m honored to

be included

alongside 99

remarkable

women.’

—HILLARY RODHAM

CLINTON, f orm er

U.S. S ecretary o f

State a nd 2 016 p ick,

on Twitter

‘Move over fellas ... this

girl is one of @time’s

100 WOMEN of the

Year! It just keeps getting

better and better ...!’

—RITA M ORENO, actor a nd 1 961 p ick,

on Twitter

‘I cried. About the women I did

not know about. The women I

forgot about. Accomplishments

my children did not learn of.

History we have missed.’

—BETH H ALAAS, Cheney, Wash.

‘What a wonderful education I

received from reading your 10 0

Women of the Year issue. I must

have been absent the day we

covered that in school.’

—PHILIP D UNNE, Palmer, Alaska

‘At age 93, I am often

disappointed that women

are not progressing fast

enough for me ... I’m thrilled

that we have come this far,

but I still have great hope

that I will see equality, and

women’s rightful place all

over this planet.’

—RUTH K NOWLES S CHOLZ,

Sturgeon B ay, Wis.

‘I think this

should be an

annual thing

since there are

so many other

women that

deserve to be

on the list. I can

imagine it was

very difficult to

narrow it down

to just 100.’

—LORI R EISER, St. A ugustine, F la.

‘A fantastic issue—however

I can’t believe that Mother

Teresa was not included!’

—SUZANNE P URRINGTON,

Raleigh, N .C.

WHAT YOU

SAID ABOUT ...

The 10 0 Women of

the Year i ssue ( March

16 –23) marked

the cen tennia l of

women’s suffrage

in the U.S. by

recognizing the

women who shaped

each year since 1920.

Readers enjoyed

learning about these

women—each of

whom was featured

on a cover design—

and some on the li st

offered feedback of

their own.

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